Dr. P.V. Viswanath

pviswanath@pace.edu

FIN 647: Advanced Topics in Financial Management
Homework Assignments, Summer 2009

Problem assignments from: Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo, Corporate Finance, Pearson Prentice-Hall.

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 16
• Chapter 17
• Chapter 18
• Chapter 23
• Chapter 24

Chapter 1 Assignment

Problems: 1, 8

Chapter 2 Assignment

Problems: 4, 5, 13, 14, 18, 21

Chapter 3 Assignment

Problems: 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 18, and 20

Chapter 4 Assignment

Problems 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 20, 23, 25, 27, 32, 37, 38, 39

Chapter 5 Assignment

Problems: 3, 7, 11, 14, 18, 20, 25, 27, and 33

Chapter 6 Assignment

Problems: 1, 3, 8, 11, 14, 16 and 19

Chapter 7 Assignment

Problems: 6, 10, 11

Chapter 8: Assignment

Problems: 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27

Chapter 9 Assignment

Problems: 5, 7, 12, 15, 18, 22, 23

Chapter 10 Assignment

Problems: 2, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16, 19, 23

Chapter 14 Assignment

Problems: 2, 3, 7, 10, 16

Chapter 15 Assignment

Problems: 8, 11, 12, 14, 15

Chapter 16 Assignment

Problems: 4, 5, 8, 11

Chapter 17 Assignment

Problems: 3, 6, 9, 12, 18

Chapter 18 Assignment (omit sections 18.3, 18.6, 18.8)

Problems: 3, 5, 10, 12, 18, 19

Chapter 23 Assignment

Problems: 3, 4, 7, 8, 15

Chapter 24 Assignment

Problems: 6, 11, 12

Questions to research on Firm Financing, Chapter 24:

• Why do firms use debt denominated in other currencies?
• Why don't firms simply borrow money from a bank instead of issuing public debt?
• Why are corporate loans often syndicated?
• Why do bond covenants exist?